Friedrich heyl



PATENTBD FEB. 23, 1904. F. HEYL.

BELT.

APPLIGATION FILED NOV. 20, 1902.

NO MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented February 23, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

BELT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 753,072, dated February 23, 1904. Application filedNovember 20, 1902. fierial No. 132,073. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRIEDRICH HEYL, a citizen of the Empire of Germany, and a resident of No. 42 St. Marks Place, in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented and produced a new and original Improvement in Belts, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to an improvement in belts" of that class which are closed by buckles or clasps consisting of two parts, each having secured to it an end of the belt, and more particularly one part being secured permanently and the other part being secured adjustably.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 shows the belt in elevation. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the end of the belt, to which one part of the clasp is to be secured adjustably, showing also the rear view of said part of the clasp. Fig. 3 is a rear view of both ends of the belt with the parts of the clasp secured thereto. Fig. 4 is a cross-section on line it h of Fig. 3,,and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section on line 2'- 21 of Fig. 3.

The clasp is composed in the ordinary manner of two parts 0 and C0, one being provided with a loop f (see Figs. 1, 2-, and 5) and the other being provided with ahook g. (See Figs. 3 and 5.) The part Co has permanently secured to it one end Art of the belt, which is turned around a bar 01 (Z, integral with the plate C0 of the clasp, being secured by sewing or in any other well-known manner. The

other part C of the clasp has also a bar d secured thereto or forming part therewith, which is long enough to permit of the free passage of the opposite end A of the belt under the bar (Z, while the end of a flexible member B is turned around said bar cl and secured by sewing, riveting, or otherwise. Said member B is preferably out in triangular shape, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and an ordinary wire hook c e is sewed fast to the end thereof.

The inner face of the end A of the belt is provided with a number of ordinary eyes eat suitable distances adapted to be engaged by the hook e of member B. According to the size of the wearer, said hook is secured in one or the other of the eyes, vand the free end of the belt is passed between the bar (Z and the plate C ofthe clasp, when the belt is ready to be secured to the body in the ordinary way by passing the hook 9 into the loop f. Should the wearer desire to make the belt tighter, he only unhooks the parts f and g of the clasp, then passes the hook c e into the following eye 6, whereupon he can adjust it again upon his body.

Having thus fully described my invention,

' what I claim is A fastening device for belts consisting in combination of a two-part clasp, a bar on each part said clasp, a flexible member secured to the bar on one part of said clasp, sai'd flexible member being adjustably secured by means of two-part fasteners to one end of said belt, the other end of said belt being permanently secured to the bar on the other part of said clasp, substantially as disclosed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY O. FIAILAND, MARTIN LETJEN. 

